Drawing with Numbers

Prints and Drawings

c. 1963

Robert Ryman
American, born 1930

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Prints and Drawings

Artist: Robert Ryman
Title: Drawing with Numbers
Place: United States (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: c. 1963
Medium: Charcoal, with graphite and pastel, on yellow paper
Inscriptions: Signed lower right, in graphite: "Ryman”
Dimensions: 48.2 × 48.2 cm (19 × 19 in.)
Credit Line: Margaret Fisher Endowment
Reference Number: 2005.140
Copyright: © Robert Ryman, Courtesy Pace Wildenstein.

“A Big Bravo,” New York Arts Calendar 2:8 (May–June 1965), n.p. (incorrect date).
“Dossier Robert Ryman,” Macula, nos. 3–4 (Nov. 1978), p. 120 (ill.).
Suzi Gablik, Progress in Art (New York: Rizzoli, 1979), pl. 75.
Robert Ryman, exh. cat. (Zurich: InK, Halle für internationale neue Kunst, 1980), p. 205 (ill.).
Naomi Spector, Some Ryman Words (New York: Naomi Spector, 1981), n.p.
Jan Brand and Han Hanselijn (eds.), “Nieuwe Schilderkunst,” (Arnhem, Netherlands: Akademie Arnhem Pers, 1982), p. 298 (ill.).
Op het tweede gezicht: Robert Ryman, exh. brochure (Amsterdam: Stedelijk Museum, 1982), p. 92 (ill.).
Robert Storr, Robert Ryman, exh. cat. (London: Tate Gallery and New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1993), p. 218 (ill.).
John Yau, “The Education of Robert Ryman,” Art on Paper (Sept./Oct. 2004), pp. 66-69.
James Lawrence, “Robert Ryman; Lee Bontecou,” Burlington Magazine (Nov. 2004), pp. 785-86.
Suzanne Hudson, Robert Ryman: Used Paint (Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press, 2009), pp. 16, 71 and 74 (ill.).
James Lawrence, “Scapegoats and the Contours of Order,” in Martín Ramírez: Reframing Confinement (Madrid: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, 2010), pp. 44-45 (ill.).
Robert Ryman: Early and Late (New York: David Zwirner Books, 2024), p. 12 (ill.).

New York, American Express Pavilion, World’s Fair, “Art ’65: Lesser Known and Unknown Painters,” Apr. 19–Oct. 1965, p. 60.
New York, John Weber Gallery, “Robert Ryman: Early Paintings,” Apr. 1–22, 1972.
Seattle, Current Editions, “Robert Ryman: Drawings and Paintings,” Aug. 5–25, 1972.
Copenhagen, Gentofte Kunstvenner, Gentofte Raadhus, “Yngre amerikansk kunst: tegninger og grafik,” Jan. 25–Feb. 11, 1973, n.p. (ill.); also Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Denmark, Feb. 18–Mar. 4, 1973; Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Oslo, Mar. 22–Apr. 15, 1973; Hamburger Kunsthalle, Apr. 28–June 11, 1973; Amerika Haus, Berlin, July 7–Aug. 25, 1973; and Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sept. 15–Oct. 21, 1973.
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, “Robert Ryman,” Feb. 1–Mar. 24, 1974, pp. 9, 12, and 34 (ill.).
New York, Grey Art Gallery, New York University, “Drawings and Collages,” June 1–July 29, 1977.
London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, “Robert Ryman,” Sept. 21–Oct. 23, 1977, p. 16 (ill.).
New York, Peter Blum Gallery, “Robert Ryman Works On Paper 1957-1964,” May 20–Sept. 25, 2004, p. 52 (ill.); also Arts Club of Chicago, Jan. 21–Apr. 1, 2005.
Art Institute of Chicago, “Modern and Contemporary Works on Paper,” Mar. 24-Sept. 13, 2009, no cat.
New York, Pace Gallery, “Robert Ryman: Drawings.” Feb. 23-Mar. 24, 2018, pp. 54-55 (ill.).

The artist; sold by Peter Blum Gallery, New York, to the Art Institue of Chicago, 2005.

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